Two out of three households won't prepare turkey this Thanksgiving

Don't be shocked that two out of three households won't be cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving.

What that means is that two households typically are the guests of a third household on Turkey Day, so 30% of America's households do all the heavy turkey lifting, according to The NPD Group, a market research company that tracks national eating trends.

The top two Thanksgiving meal foods consumed, according to NPD's research, are turkey and potatoes. Pie ranks fourth, but the consumption of pumpkin pie on this holiday alone makes it the second most popular pie in America for the year. Apple pie is America's top pie because people eat it more often.